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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Head Librarian that Esk bribes with bananas?

2. What is the building whose big black gates appear to be made of solid darkness?

3. What do Granny and Esk climb aboard to take them to the University?

4. While wizards' minds give shape to thoughts, what do witches work with?

5. After Esk tries to move the staff, reality rebounds like a sloshing pond. In what does reality cause more changes and tiny whirlpools?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Esk say that Cutangle finds fascinating and unprecedented but against the lore?

2. Who is traveling with Master Treatle?

3. Why does Granny tell Esk not to draw attention to herself through magic?

4. What does Granny transform herself into to deflect Cutangle's attacks?

5. How does Granny enter the University and what does she find?

6. Why does Esk get angry with Simon and Master Treatle?

7. What happens to Esk when she becomes the mind of the stones of the University?

8. When Esk fights with the Things, what does she realize about their bodies?

9. What do the dwarves offer to do for Granny, and what does she want instead?

10. What does Granny pretend to do for the person in charge of the laundry operations?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Granny and Cutangle begin to show interest in each other in a romantic way. What does Granny say or do that inspires this reaction from Cutangle and vice-versa? How do bystanders react to this? Describe.

Essay Topic 2

How does Terry Pratchett describe the Things? What do you find attractive or repulsive about the Things? What does Esk learn when she interacts with the Things? What makes them attracted to her? What repels them? Can she control them or not? Describe.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Esk and Granny.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Esk has a direct influence upon? What are some events that Granny had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support to the group? Which one is stronger and why?

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